A talented author and journalist with experience in all forms of written media, Penny Swift has written more than 40 non-fiction books as well as countless newspaper and magazine articles, press releases and content for numerous web sites.
She is a seasoned researcher; revels in proofreading to help improve other writer’s work; has done more copywriting for brochures, adverts and packaging than she remembers; and is a master at creating blog posts and effective SEO content for the Internet – for her own as well as clients’ web sites. Topics are as vast and varied as the cultural divergence of the world’s only true rainbow nation – South Africa, land of her birth and upbringing.
While most of the general books Penny has written are home orientated, primarily focusing on décor and paint techniques, landscaping and water features, DIY, home improvement and construction topics, she has also written a couple of books about horses, and one children’s book, Timothy Toothmouse. Motivation, she says, is largely to do with passion and what she knows best.
In addition to all of these, she has produced more than ten study guides for long-distance learners, on topics as diverse as landscaping, event management, digital photography, entrepreneurship business studies, child day care and wedding planning. Academic books she has written, aimed at English second-language students, have all been construction and welding orientated.
Apart from her own books and ebooks (most of which have been illustrated by her husband and business partner, Janek Szymanowski), Penny has ghostwritten and designed dozens of titles for clients in different parts of the world, primarily Australia, the UK and the USA.